Brush with greatness only goes so far
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- June
- 25
If the folks at the Metropolitan Golf Association wanted to have some fun, they could have come up with a clever threesome today at the Ike Championship, putting Andrew Giuliani, Andreas Huber, and David Esch all in the same group.
What do those three have in common? They all are, or were, related to someone more famous than them.
Giuliani, of course, is the son of presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani and actress Donna Hanover while Huber is the son of soap opera actress Susan Lucci.
The newest face on the local golf scene, though, is the Esch, the former husband of arguably the greatest woman golfer of all time, Annika Sorenstam.
The two have been divorced for several years now, and Esch told me he has relocated to Briarcliff Manor because, as he said, “I met a gal.”
He said he’s looking to hook up with a local club, but for now, he’s playing out of Sprain Lake in Yonkers. I wasn’t privy to the particulars of his divorce settlement with Sorenstam, but my guess is he could afford better.
Whether he’s ready to compete at the amateur level is another story. Granted, it’s no small feat to qualify for the Ike since a number of good players weren’t even in the field. But Esch had his struggles today, missing the cut with an 83.
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on Monday, June 25th, 2007 at 6:50 pm by Sam Weinman.
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